TeenRead Books

The Other Half of My Heart

06/22/2011

In this novel twin sisters, Minni and Keira, experience times when they blend in with the crowd around them and times when they stand out. There are times when each one of us feels invisible as well as times when we feel different than everyone else. When have you felt like you blended in with the crowd? When have you felt that you stood out? When is it good to stand out?

05/23/2011

Twin daughters of interracial parents, eleven-year-olds Keira and Minna have very different skin tones and personalities, but it is not until their African American grandmother enters them in the Miss Black Pearl Pre-Teen competition in North Carolina that red-haired and pale-skinned Minna realizes what life in their small town in the Pacific Northwest has been like for her more outgoing, darker-skinned sister.